Video games have grown to become one of the most important industries in the world. They combine a wide range of creative, industrial and technological elements, so we can define video games as complex works that can embody multiple intellectual creations. Nevertheless, many professional have assumed that the copyright system is the only one that applies in the case of the legal protection of the systems through which the players interact with a game, referred to as “video game mechanics”. This position leaves aside other options that could offer their own benefits and even circumvent existing legal loopholes. This paper explores the possibility of the use of the patent law system, with its own limitations, in order to protect those video g...
Copyright has proved to be an appropriate form of protection for video games. However, the applicati...
5 Abstract Protection of computer games and video games This study aims to explore the issue of lega...
Video games raise various legal questions and challenges for the IPR system, mainly due to the compl...
Los videojuegos constituyen una de las industrias más importantes del mundo. Actualmente, combinan u...
La convergencia de elementos creativos como literatura, música, pintura e, incluso, cine en la produ...
Convergence of creative elements such as literature, music, painting, and even film in the productio...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the importance of patents as a means to protect the design ...
La industria del videojuego ha tenido un crecimiento exponencial durante las últimas décadas. Colomb...
O presente trabalho analisa a patenteabilidade das invenções que implicam programas de computador no...
The Andean and European case law on software protection has developed parallel to both community reg...
The video game industry continues to grow into a behemoth, yet the players fueling its rise lack suf...
Video games make up the entertainment industry that has grown the most in recent years. Many compan...
Given the huge economic importance of the intellectual labour which these games represent, one might...
Video games are fast becoming one of the most popular media of choice. The global market for video g...
This article focuses on the discussion of the legal scope of the rights to exclude and control provi...
Copyright has proved to be an appropriate form of protection for video games. However, the applicati...
5 Abstract Protection of computer games and video games This study aims to explore the issue of lega...
Video games raise various legal questions and challenges for the IPR system, mainly due to the compl...
Los videojuegos constituyen una de las industrias más importantes del mundo. Actualmente, combinan u...
La convergencia de elementos creativos como literatura, música, pintura e, incluso, cine en la produ...
Convergence of creative elements such as literature, music, painting, and even film in the productio...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the importance of patents as a means to protect the design ...
La industria del videojuego ha tenido un crecimiento exponencial durante las últimas décadas. Colomb...
O presente trabalho analisa a patenteabilidade das invenções que implicam programas de computador no...
The Andean and European case law on software protection has developed parallel to both community reg...
The video game industry continues to grow into a behemoth, yet the players fueling its rise lack suf...
Video games make up the entertainment industry that has grown the most in recent years. Many compan...
Given the huge economic importance of the intellectual labour which these games represent, one might...
Video games are fast becoming one of the most popular media of choice. The global market for video g...
This article focuses on the discussion of the legal scope of the rights to exclude and control provi...
Copyright has proved to be an appropriate form of protection for video games. However, the applicati...
5 Abstract Protection of computer games and video games This study aims to explore the issue of lega...
Video games raise various legal questions and challenges for the IPR system, mainly due to the compl...